> Am wondering what term(s) people use other than emptying or draining the > breast when mothers are encouraged to keep feeding their baby on the first > breast until it is "empty" so baby accesses the hindmilk before he is > offered the second breast. Although not scientific, the analogy I use when talking to moms - after saying "finish the first breast first" is that the first breast is dinner and the other breast is dessert. You don't always want dessert especially if you've had a lot of dinner (so it's ok if baby isn't interested). But sometimes like when baby goes through a growth spurt he may want dinner (first breast) then dessert (2nd breast) and then want to eat again an hour - it just depends and the best thing is to watch baby's signals to know what the right thing is to do at the time. Dr. Gail Gail Hertz, MD Pediatric Resident author of the little green breastfeeding book - disclaimer: owner of Pocket Publications